Chris Around The World: Your Guide to Value Luxury Vacations
Unique, chic, boutique: Vacations for Sophisticated Travelers
This post is part of my weekly travel photo series, inspired by #FriFotos on Twitter. This week’s #FriFotos theme is FOR SALE, and people are sharing photos of markets, souks and stores around the world. Now I’m not a huge shopper. But I do indulge once in a while when I’m on the road, particularly on jewelry, [...]
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One of the more glamorous events of the Park Hyatt Masters of Food & Wine festival that I attended last month in Mendoza was a decadent brunch at La Alboroza, the luxurious home of artist Sergio Roggerone. Sergio Roggerone greeted our group as we entered the front gate of his hacienda. Definitely not a struggling [...]
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A Mayan pyramid in the middle of Argentina? Huh? That’s the first sign you have that Bodega Catena Zapata winery sees itself a little differently than the other Mendoza wineries. Luckily when you turn around, you get a sweeping view of the Andes….and the vast holdings of the Catena family. The winery, started by [...]
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The highlight of any trip to Mendoza is leaving the city and heading out of town to the wineries. When you see the fields of grape vines up against the Andes, you realize that this is why you came all this way. The province of Mendoza has more than 1,000 wineries and produces 70% of [...]
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I’ve had some gluttonous experiences in my day. A four-hour extravagant dinner at Guy Savoy Paris. A multi-day rampage through New Orleans’ po-boy shops. A tasting menu with wine pairings at Le Bec Fin in Philadelphia that cost half our mortgage. But for sheer richness of food consumed, as well as the amount of time spent at [...]
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My trip to Argentina can only be described as whirlwind. With only 3 1/2 days on the ground, I saw as much as I could – and that included an action-packed day in Buenos Aires. When time is short, it helps to have a good guide. Luckily, my traveling companion Nicole Rodriguez (cousin to John [...]
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Leather goods are almost synonymous with Argentine shopping. It makes sense; after all, the country has the world’s largest consumption of beef and there’s about 50 to 55 million head of cattle kept mostly in the Pampas. That’s an awful lot of hide to have left over. I heard about Prune at the Park Hyatt Masters of Food [...]
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By Natalie Pompilio, contributing writer To put it nicely, my husband and I are healthy eaters, so we fully expected our two week trip to Argentina to feature steak, steak and more steak. So imagine our surprise when our favorite meal of the entire trip — Jordan says the best meal of his lifetime — [...]
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